"The initial planting consisted of Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Pinot noir. The winery is nine kilometres south-west of Beechworth. The winery is named after the ""Mona Lisa"", which is also known as ""La Gioconda"" in Italy. The first Giaconda wines were released in 1987, with a Chardonnay from the 1986 vintage and Cabernet blend from 1985. Kinzbrunner has been described as one of Australia's greatest winemakers. In 2003 he won the Australian Winemaker of the Year award from Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine and in July 2006 he was named one of the world's best 10 white"
"""La Gioconda"" with Nordica in the title role. Nielsen and Nordica were the company's two leading sopranos during its six years of operation from 1909-1915. She also debuted at The Metropolitan Opera and Opéra de Montréal. Her artist allies for the project included Loie Fuller, Josef Urban and Anna Pavlova. Within six years, however, Boston Opera folded amid the turmoil of World War I. The magnificent building, designed by the team which created Symphony Hall, was located across from New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall and has since been demolished. After Boston, Nielsen began a series of popular Chautauqua tours. These"
"had used his entire name and surname). After returning to Cuba, Manuel's work was featured in both a solo show (Feb. 1927) and in the ""Exhibition of New Work"" group show (May 1927) at the Painters and Sculptors Association of Havana. Sponsored by ""Revista de Avance"", a magazine which was the main voice of the Vanguardia artists, these shows are considered to be important starting points of the Cuban modern painting era. In 1929, following another period of study and travel in Europe, Manuel created his most famous painting, ""La Gitana Tropical"" (""The Tropical Gipsy""), popularly known as ""La Gioconda"
"premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 20 December 1883. The opera's title translates as ""The Happy Woman"", but is usually given in English as ""The Ballad Singer"". However, as this fails to convey the irony inherent in the original, the Italian is usually used. Each act of ""La Gioconda"" has a title. The story revolves around a woman, Gioconda, who so loves her mother that when Laura, her rival in love for the heart of Enzo, saves her mother's life, Gioconda puts aside her own romantic love to repay her. The villain Barnaba tries to seduce Gioconda, but she prefers"
"painting, in 1503, the portrait of a Florentine lady by the name of Lisa del Giocondo. About this we are now certain. Unfortunately, we cannot be absolutely certain that this portrait of Lisa del Giocondo is the painting of the Louvre."" The model, Lisa del Giocondo, was a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany, and the wife of wealthy Florentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo. The painting is thought to have been commissioned for their new home, and to celebrate the birth of their second son, Andrea. The Italian name for the painting, ""La Gioconda"", means ""jocund"""
"to paint, for Francesco del Giocondo, the portrait of Mona Lisa, his wife"" (). The portrait's Italian name ""La Gioconda"" is the feminine form of her married name. In French it is known by the variant ""La Joconde"". Though derived from Lisa's married name there is the added significance that the name derives from the word for ""happy"" (in English, ""jocund"") or ""the happy one"". Speculation assigned Lisa's name to at least four different paintings and her identity to at least ten different people. By the end of the 20th century, the painting was a global icon that had been"
"opera"", the equivalent of French ""Grand-Opéra"". Ponchielli revised the work several times; the version that is played today was first given in 1880. There are several complete recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed, especially in Italy. It is one of only a few operas that features a principal role for each of the six major voice types. ""La Gioconda"" was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 8 April 1876. It was especially successful in its third and final version first seen at the same theatre on 28 March 1880. The opera had its American"
"La Gioconda (opera) La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on ""Angelo, Tyrant of Padua"", a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from 1835. (This is the same source as Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante's ""Il giuramento"" in 1837). First performed in 1876, ""La Gioconda"" was a major success for Ponchielli, as well as the most successful new Italian opera between Verdi's ""Aida"" (1871) and ""Otello"" (1887). It is also a famous example of the Italian genre of ""Grande"
"The following opera, ""I Lituani"" (""The Lithuanians"") of 1874, was also well received, being performed later at Saint Petersburg (as ""Aldona"" on 20 November 1884). His most well-known opera is ""La Gioconda"" (1876), which his librettist Arrigo Boito adapted from the same play by Victor Hugo that had been previously set by Saverio Mercadante as ""Il giuramento"" in 1837 and Carlos Gomes as ""Fosca"" in 1873. It was first produced in 1876 and revised several times. The version that has become popular today was first given in 1880. In 1876 he started working on ""I Mori di Valenza"", although the"
"of the most reproduced works of art; countless copies have been made in every medium from carpets to cameos. Among the works created by Leonardo in the 16th century is the small portrait known as the ""Mona Lisa"" or ""la Gioconda"", the laughing one. In the present era, it is arguably the most famous painting in the world. Its fame rests, in particular, on the elusive smile on the woman's face, its mysterious quality perhaps due to the subtly shadowed corners of the mouth and eyes such that the exact nature of the smile cannot be determined. The shadowy quality"
"The Bella Época movie theater used to be called the Lido.There used to be a pulquería named ""La Carioca"". There was prostitution in the old days as well with some of these women well known around the neighborhood by their working names such as La Chimuela, La Tejocota, La Lupona and La Caperuza. Many of the older residents remember the area as a “paradise” without pollution, traffic congestion or crime. By the 1970s, younger Mexican-born generations of these immigrants began to leave Condesa for other, more fashionable neighborhoods such as Polanco, or the mid-century neighbohoods Colonia del Valle and Colonia"
"social class than the rest of Roma, with the wealthy residents avoiding it for fear of thieves. In the 20th century, it was also the home of a notable pulque bar called La Hija de los Apaches located on Avenida Cuauhtemoc. In the 1930s and 1940s, the area had two legendary female thieves named Plácida Hernández and the other only referred to as “La Loba” (The She-Wolf) . The area had one famous gang known as the Halcones (Falcons). This gang was prominent in the 1940s and 1950s, when it was led by Arturo “El Negro” Durazo and controlled a"
"Paolo Giacometti Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882) was an Italian dramatist born at Novi Ligure. He was educated in law at Genoa, but at the age of twenty had some success with his play ""Rosilda"" and then devoted himself to the stage. Depressed circumstances made him attach himself as author to various touring Italian companies, and his output was considerable; moreover, such actors as Ristori, Rossi and Salvini made many of these plays great successes. Among the best of them were ""La Donna"" (1850), ""La Donna in seconde nozze"" (1851), ""Giuditta"" (1857), ""Sofocle"" (1860). ""La Morte civile"" (1861). A collection of his"
"Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa (; or La Gioconda , ) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as ""the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world"". The ""Mona Lisa"" is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance valuation in history at $100 million in 1962, which is worth nearly $800 million in 2017. The painting is thought to be a"
"strike, La Boca seceded from Argentina, and the rebels raised the Genoese flag, which was immediately torn down personally by then President Julio Argentino Roca. Among sports fans, Boca is best known for being the home of world-renowned football club Boca Juniors. The club plays their home matches in the Estadio Alberto J. Armando, popularly known as ""La Bombonera"" (Spanish for ""the bonbon box""). La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colourful houses and pedestrian street, the ""Caminito"", where tango artists perform and tango-related memorabilia is sold. Other attractions include the La Ribera theatre, many"
"renowned for his interpretation of Fernando in ""La Favorita"", he was also considered by critics of the time, especially in Italy, to be an excellent actor with a commanding stage presence. Gayarre's earliest successes and fame came from his performances in the major opera houses of Italy, where he created the role of Marcello in ""Il Duca d'Alba"" in 1871 and Enzo in the 1876 premiere of ""La Gioconda"". However, he was soon highly in demand in Paris and London as well as his native Spain. Gayarre also sang in Lisbon, Vienna and Saint Petersburg and toured Brazil and Argentina"
"for a few performances that year (from which only two were in the Met's house), and was notably absent from the Met for more than 24 years, since then pursuing her career elsewhere and performing regularly at many other opera houses in Europe and America. In 1996, she sang the part of the Marquise de Berkenfeld in Donizetti's ""La fille du régiment"" at La Scala, a performance which has been preserved on DVD. Her return to the Met took place on September 24, 2008, when she sang the role of La Cieca in Ponchielli's ""La Gioconda"". Though known mainly for"
"to provide the funds to finish the building and provide a home for the newly formed Boston Opera Company (BOC) under the leadership of impresario Henry Russell. Guido Nincheri provided interior decoration for the theatre which was located two blocks from Boston Symphony Hall, and one block from the New England Conservatory of Music. The opera house officially opened on November 8, 1909 with a performance of ""La Gioconda"" by the BOC. The production starred Lillian Nordica in the title role and Louise Homer as La Cieca. At its opening, the theatre was described as a ""perfect jewel-box of an"
"1913 by Hugh Blaker, an art connoisseur. The painting was presented to the media in 2012 by the Mona Lisa Foundation. It is a painting of the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. The painting is claimed by a majority of experts to be mostly an original work of Leonardo dating from the early 16th century. Other experts, including Zöllner and Kemp, deny the attribution. Notes Bibliography Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa (; or La Gioconda , ) is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as ""the best"
"as ""now virtually forgotten star of La Scala"" and a ""forgotten opera singer"". She died in Barbarano, near Salò, on 10 August 1948. Giuseppina Cobelli Giuseppina Cobelli (1 August 1898 - 10 August 1948) was an Italian soprano opera singer. She was born in Maderno on Lake Garda on 1 August 1898 and studied in Bologna and Hamburg. Her debut was as La Gioconda in Piacenza in 1924. She performed at La Scala from 1925 to 1942, and created the role of Silvana in Ottorino Respighi's ""La fiamma"" in Rome in 1934. In ""Grove's Dictionary of Opera Singers"" she is"
"Joconde Joconde is the central database created in 1975 and now available online, maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, for objects in the collections of the main French public and private museums listed as ""Musées de France"", according to article L. 441-1 of the ""Code du patrimoine"" amouting to more than 1,200 institutions. ""La Joconde"" is the French name of the Mona Lisa, which like about half of the collections of the Louvre, is included in the database, as one of 295 items by (42 including 6 paintings), after, or connected with Leonardo da Vinci. By November 2012, Joconde"
"(""happy"" or ""jovial"") or, literally, ""the jocund one"", a pun on the feminine form of Lisa's married name, ""Giocondo"". In French, the title ""La Joconde"" has the same meaning. Before that discovery, scholars had developed several alternative views as to the subject of the painting. Some argued that Lisa del Giocondo was the subject of a different portrait, identifying at least four other paintings as the ""Mona Lisa"" referred to by Vasari. Several other women have been proposed as the subject of the painting. Isabella of Aragon, Cecilia Gallerani, Costanza d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla, Isabella d'Este, Pacifica Brandano or Brandino,"
"collection at Paris' Louvre museum since 1797. It is also known as ""La Joconde"" in French and ""La Gioconda"" in Italian, and has been known by other names in the past. There is a new study setting the beginning of the Mona Lisa to an earlier date that thought before, pre-1478, contrary to Vasari's narrative. Replicas of ""Mona Lisa"" date back to the 16th century, including sculptures and etchings inspired by the painting. But even by the start of the 20th century, historian Donald Sassoon has stated, ""Mona Lisa"" was still ""just a well-respected painting by a famous old master,"
"1913, Zenatello had been instrumental in having the Verona Arena, built originally by the ancient Romans, restored and turned into a world-famous open-air venue for operatic performances. That same year the arena was used to mount a grand production of ""Aida"", marking the centenary of Verdi's birth. In 1947, Zenatello arranged for a promising young soprano named Maria Callas to appear at the arena's Summer Festival in Amilcare Ponchielli's opera ""La Gioconda"". This appearance would give Callas invaluable exposure in Italy and help set her on the path to future stardom. Zenatello died of natural causes in New York City"
"was struggling to get by. Kathryn was able to save the company a lot of money by making the company's costumes from cheesecloth on her home sewing-machine and begging and borrowing sets and properties at bargain prices. Largely due to her shrewd efforts the company managed to stay in the black. The company opened its second season on October 20, 1927 with Amilcare Ponchielli's ""La Gioconda"", starring Clara Jacobo in the title role, Mignon Sutorius as Laura, as Alvise Badoero, and Berta Levina as La cieca. Conductor Artur Rodziński joined the company that year and remained one of the PGOC's"
"time at summer camp. It uses the main theme of the ballet as its melody. Sherman's song was later referenced in a 1985 television commercial. Portions of the ballet were also used by Spike Jones and his City Slickers in their song parodying the Indianapolis 500. Source: Source: Notes Sources La Gioconda (opera) La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on ""Angelo, Tyrant of Padua"", a play in prose by Victor Hugo, dating from 1835. (This is the same source as Gaetano Rossi had"
"Speculations about Mona Lisa The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa, or ""La Gioconda"" (""La Joconde""), painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci, has been the subject of a considerable deal of speculation. It has for a long time been argued that after Leonardo's death the painting was cut down by having part of the panel at both sides removed. Early copies depict columns on both sides of the figure. Only the edges of the bases can be seen in the original. However, some art historians, such as Martin Kemp, now argue that the painting has not been"
"and Dalila in 1987, and her last Amneris in 1988. For someone who had been hailed ""the most beautiful mezzo-soprano in the world"" it required refinement and elegance to maintain that image. She then alternated her signature roles with the ones that would become the landmarks of her new repertoire: La Cieca in ""La Gioconda"" (Verona, Barcelona), Madame Flora in Menotti's ""Medium"" (Paris, Catania), Zia Principessa in ""Suor Angelica"" (Nice, Madrid, Bilbao, Lisbon), La Marquise de Berkenfield in ""La Fille du Regiment"" (Torino, Oviedo, Madrid, Monte-Carlo, Strasbourg), Anaide in Leoncavallo's ""Zaza"" (Palermo), Ulrica in ""Un Ballo in maschera"" (Barcelona, Genova),"
"he had had no access to the actual painting, said that after ""every laboratory test possible"" in 2004 and 2009 that ""no inscriptions, letters or numbers, were discovered during the tests."" and that ""The ageing of the painting on wood has caused a great number of cracks to appear in the paint, which have caused a number of shapes to appear that have often been subject to over-interpretation"". Speculations about Mona Lisa The 16th-century portrait Mona Lisa, or ""La Gioconda"" (""La Joconde""), painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci, has been the subject of a considerable"
"offer merchandise, crafts, etc. In this way the town was officially founded in 1692, when Juan López de Aguirre named it as La Piedad. Places of interest include the town center with its beautiful ""kiosco"" (bandstand) built with quarried stone, the gateways, and the Señor de La Piedad church, which boasts perhaps the biggest dome in the country. Also of note are the Cabadas Bridge and the 30-metre-high El Salto waterfall. The local zoo and ""La torre de la gaviota"" located at the Sun City neighborhood, are also places of interest in La Piedad. There are also urban parks such"
"has now achieved iconic status in Chile’s capital. A long-time vendor at the market was quoted as saying, “Markets nowadays compete (for customers) by using marketing, but La Vega has never had to resort to this. It subsists on its own creation and that is its magic.” From the colonial era, farmers gathered in La Chimba area to sell their products. In the 18th century, with the construction of the Puente de Calicanto, a large number of vendors and merchants began to set up on its surroundings. In the 19th Century, when the area was known as “La Vega del"
"suites. The corridors maintain the bullring atmosphere as do the stores, restaurant and event halls. The El Cubo aqueduct was built at the end of the 18th century to carry water from the El Cubo mine area, which gave the structure its name. Only a few arches of it remain. In relation to its population, Zacatecas is one of the cities with the most museums in the nation. The Pedro Coronel Museum is located in the old monastery of the Santo Domingo church, which also housed the former Jesuit college of San Luis Gonzaga. San Luis was famous throughout Latin"
"he performed the role of Enzo Grimaldo in ""La Gioconda"" at La Fenice opposite Tina Poli-Randaccio in the title role. In 1926 he made his debut at La Scala in Milan and at the Liceu in Barcelona. Also that year he undertook a concert tour of Spain. He appeared as a guest artist at the Teatro Colón and other South American theatres during the 1920s. He retired from the stage sometime during the early 1930s. In 1951 he became a resident of the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti. Carlo Broccardi Carlo Broccardi (1886–1953) was an Italian operatic tenor who had"